UMass Dartmouth Nursing students achieved a 95% pass rate for the 2019 National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). In addition, graduates of the Second Degree Accelerated BS in Nursing track (ABS…
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The offices of equity and inclusion and human resources will be launching UMass employee resource groups in the spring 2020 semester. These groups will provide UMass staff and faculty with…
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The new student life suite opened at UMass Medical School with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on Monday, Jan. 27. Centrally located steps from the main lobby, the fully renovated suite…
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BOSTON—Declaring him a candidate who can be “a transformational and inspirational leader for Boston’s public university of transformation,” a 21-member search committee today unanimously named UCLA…
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The Jake Kennedy ALS Fund, launched last month by Jake and Sparky Kennedy, supports research at UMass Medical School to find a cure for ALS. A Jan. 20 Boston Globe column by Kevin Cullen details…
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UMass Medical School is participating in World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day on Thursday, Jan. 30, the first day dedicated to the eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). NTDs are a…
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Implicit biases are unconscious attitudes that individuals hold about other people based on racial, social and other stereotypes. Implicit bias is important in health care because it can affect how a…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Results of a new epidemiological analysis of more than 108,000 women observed a lower risk of early menopause among women who had at least one pregnancy lasting at least six months…
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Selected from more than 400 applications, UMass Boston is one of the 19 organizations to receive a Community Change Grant from America Walks , a national nonprofit dedicated to providing communities…
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Given the chances of a snowstorm in New England in mid-January, it was risky for the American Meteorological Society (AMS) to hold its 100th annual meeting in Boston. Turns out the thousands of…
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